The association between pro-vegetarian dietary pattern and risk of colorectal cancer: a matched case-control study

Table 3 Association between PDP and colorectal cancer

Quartiles of PDP	Case/Control	Model 1			Model 2
Quartiles of PDP	Case/Control	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Q₁ (≤ 32)	25/26	1.00	Ref.		1.00	Ref.
Q₂ (33–35)	16/28	0.59	0.26–1.35	0.216	0.72	0.29–1.77	0.485
Q₃ (36–39)	18/51	0.36	0.17–0.79	0.011	0.41	0.18–0.94	0.035
Q₄ (≥ 40)	12/37	0.33	0.14–0.79	0.012	0.35	0.14–0.87	0.025
P_trend		0.004			0.010

PDP: pro-vegetarian dietary pattern, Q: quartile, CI: confidence interval, OR: odds ratio
Significant values are shown in bold.
These values are odds ratio (95% CIs).
Obtained from logistic regression
Model 1: crude model
Model 2: adjusted for energy intake, history of CRC, common ways of preparing vegetables, common ways of cooking meats, physical activity, BMI, and smoking

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